Indoor game



May 7, 1929. c. FowLl-:R

mnoon GAME Filed March 5, 1928 I @y m c; aff- Patented May 7, 1929.

UNIT-ED STATES CHARLES FOWLEB, OF WATSEKA, ILLINOIS.

INDOOR GAME.

' application mea karen 5,1928. serial No. 259,048.

This invention relates to games, and more particularly to indoor orparlor games.

The gamecontemplated by my invention is played in the manner oftiddledywmks, 5 and one object of my invention is to havethe oppositefaces or surfaces of the pro]ect1ble disk or wink differently marked orcolored so that the possession of the disc during the play of the gameisy determined by the markloing which comes uppermost each time the disecomes to rest.

Another object of my invention is to reproduce on the soft yieldableplaying surface of the game a basket-ball court, and to have the uprightbasket supporting elements and the baskets at the o posite ends of thecourt marked or colore to correspond to the markings or colorings on theopposlte surfaces of the projectible disc so that the players mayreadily know during the play of the game toward which basket to shootthe disc as the possession of said disc or ball, as it may be called,repeatedly changes.

A further Aobject of my invention is to releasably connect the basketsupporting elements with the game-board so that said elements may beremoved and laid flaton the board when the game is packed for shipmentor storage.

The invention consists further in the matters hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a set up`game constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view through one of the basketsupportingr elements and the adjacent part of the gameboar'd; f

Fig. 3 is a face view of the projectible disc;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged edgeview thereof;

Figs. 5 and 6 are face and edge views, respectively, of one of theplaying discs;

Figs. 7 and 8 are similar views of the other f the playing discs; and

Fig. 9 is a view showing the manner in which the possession of theprojectible disc is determined during the course of the play.

The game-board 1 is preferably made of sheet metal and has a covering 2of soft felt-like or similar yieldable material on its upper surfacewith the edges of the covering enclosed and clamped down against theflat body of thc board by inturncd marginal fianges 3, 3 which arearound the edges of the board. y

The covering 2 may be green, and marked on the upper surface thereof inwhite lines in the representation of a basket-ball court.`

define the free-throw territory at the opposite ends of the court, andthis territory has, freethrow lanes 7 extending to the edjacent ends ofthe board.

At the opposite endsof the board are upright elements 8, 8, preferablystamped from sheet metal and provided with baskets 9 which extend inwardover the board in line with the lanes 7, 7, as shown in Fig. 1. Theportions of the elements 8 at and above the baskets 9 are maderelatively Wide so as to provide the back-boards for the baskets. Thelower portions 11 of the elements are made narrower and providestandards which at their lower ends are bent to provide hooks 12 whichengage under the adjacent flanges 3, 3, as shown in Fig. 2, forreleasably connecting the elements to the board. Y

The baskets 9 are also pressed out of'sheet metal in cup form and ofasize to aecommodate the projectible disc ofV the game. These cups arehin edly connected tothe elements 8,A as by ayingtongues 18 extendingthrough openings 14 made in the elements 8 therefor, as shown in Fig. 2.

The openings 14 are preferably formed by slitting the metal of theelements along two parallel lines and then bulging outward theinterposed parts of the metal to form a loop 15 which provides a supportor stop for the tongue 13 when the basket 9 is in horizontal or playingposition. The tongue extends over the upperv edge of this loop and isthere offset downward so that the basket 9 may stand in a horizontalposition, instead of pro- 'ecting upward should this offset be omitted.

he outer end of each tongue 13 is bent at right-angles to the body ofthe tongue so as to lie againstthe face of the element 8 yopposite thebasket when the latter is in playing position, as shown in Fig. 2. Onreleasing the elements 8 from the flanges 3, the elements may be laidflatwise against the covering 2 and the baskets 9 may be swung downagainst the elements so as to take up as little space as possibleforshipping and packing of the game.

The game is played with a projectible disc 16 and two playing discs 17,18, each of the latter being preferably of the same diameter but largerthan the diameter of the disc 16. All of the discs are made of rigidmaterial, and the disc 1G is projected over the playing surface 2 in themanner of tiddledywinks, as by pressing the edges of the playing discsagainst the projectible disc and drawing the playing discs with apressure downward across the edge of the projectible disc. The distanceorjump that may be given to the projectible `disc 16 may be more or lessdeterinined depending on the skill of the players.

It is not so easy to control the vside or surface of the proj ectibledisc Which will come uppermost each time the disc comes to rest on theplaying surface 2. In accordance with this, I provide the oppositesurfaces of this disc With different markings, as by different coloring,say red for one surface, as

at a, and blue for the opposite surface, as at b. Thus each time the redmarking is uppermost when the dise comes to rest on the playing surface2, the disc will pass to the possession of the player selecting the redmarking, and the same Way with the blue marking.

In Fig. 9, I have shown th`c manner in which tlie possession of the discis deter# mined. In full lines the disc 16 has the red surface auppermost. lVhen the disc is projccted upward and forward by one of theplayingdiscs, as in the manner of tiddlcdywinks, the disc 16 naturallyturns over or spins in its flight and, should it come to rest with theblue surface Z) uppermost, as indi cated in dotted lines, then thepossession of the disc will pass to the player having the blue color.The colors selected by the players will be determined by which of theplaying discs they select. The playing disc 17 Will have the same coloras the surface a of the projectible disc, While the other playing disc18 will have the same color as the surface Z) of the projectible disc.

In playing the game, the disc 16 is placed on the surface 2 in thccentral circle 4, and the player having the playing disc correspondingto the color of the projectible disc which is uppermost at this timestarts the play. With the red surface of the disc uppermost the playerWill shoot the disc toward the red upright element 8; Whereas When theblue surface of the projectible disc is uppermost the player will shootthe disc toward the blue upright element. These elements or goals Willbe colored to correspond with the markings on the disc 16 so that therespective players may readily know to which goal to shoot the disc. Theplayer dledyvvinks. and I do ,not Wish vto be restricted to theparticular details of structure shown and described. These may bereadily changed and modified Without departing from the spirit and scopeof my invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A game apparatus having a playing surface of soft yieldable material,a rigid circular disc projectible over said surface in the manner oftiddledywinks, said disc having its opposite surfaces differently markedso that the possession of the disc may be determined by the uppermostmarking each time the disc comes to rest during the play of the gaine.

2. A game apparatus having a playing surface of soft yieldable material,a rigid circular disc projectible over said surface inthe manner oftiddledywinks, said disc having its opposite surfaces differentlycolored so thatl the possession of the disc may be determined by theuppermost color each time the disc comes to rest during the play of -thgame. h

3. ame a paratus aving a la in surface gof softpyieldable materiahpanydplurality of rigid circular discs, one of said discs being projectibleover said surface in the manner of tiddledywinks by the other discswhich constitute the playing discsysaid projcctible disc having itsopposite surfaces differently marked, and said playing discs beingrespectively marked to accord with the markings on the projectible disc.

4. A game apparatus having a soft yieldable playing surface, a rigidcircular disc proj ectible over said surface in the manner oftiddledyvvinks, said disc having its opposite surfaces differentlymarked so that ossession of the disc may be determined y the uppermostmarking each time the disc comes to rest during the playing of the game,and

kets being respectively mar marked, and said basket supports and basedto accord with the u'iarkings on the rojectible dise.

6. A game apparatus having a playing surface of soft yieldable materialwith the representation of a basket-ball court thereon, upright elementsat the opposite ends of the court, baskets carried by said elements andextendin inward over the court, and a plurality o rigid circular discs,one of said discs being projeetible over the playing surface and intothe baskets by the other dises which constitute the playing discs, saidprojectible disc having its opposite surfaces differently marked, saidlaying discs and the upright elements and t eir baskets beingrespectively marked to accord with the marknvs on the projectible disc.

. In a basket-ball ame, a sheet metal base, a covering of so t yieldablematerial thereon, said base having a marginal fiange bent inward overthe adjacent edge of tie covering, an upright element of sheet metalhaving a hook-shaped portion at its lower end to releasably engage saidange, and a basket member carried by said element above said covering.

8. In a basket-ball game, a supporting base having an inturned marginalflange, an upright basket supporting element stamped from sheet metaland having a widened, portion at its upper end and a narrow shankportion at its lower end, said shank portion being bent to provide ahook. to engage said ange for supporting the element on the base, and abasket member carried by the element at its widened portion.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CHARLES FOWLER.

